Marion
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning of the sea; a form of Mary.
Marion by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Marion. In the US, 216 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 6,046 babies in 1924, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Mary
Like Marion, each of these traces back to Mary: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Mollybeloved; a diminutive of Mary405 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)
- Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
- Mariamof the sea; beloved; form of Mary179 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marieof the sea; beloved; form of Mary453 in the US (2017)
- Maeof the sea; a form of May or Mary108 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pollystar; a diminutive of Polly from Mary242 in England and Wales (2025)
- Molliestar; diminutive of Mary or Molly192 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marion. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marianof Mary; relating to the Virgin Mary195 in the US (2017)
- Maron6 in the US (2017)
- Madisonson of Maud7,885 in the US (2017)
- Marlowlake remnants or marshy lake58 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marloa form of Marlowe; lake remnant or boundary lake50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marikocircle, truth, child10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Marion
Names that are said the same way as Marion, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Maryannstar of the sea; beloved; combination of Mary and Ann90 in the US (2017)
- Marianneof the sea and full of grace; blend of Mary and Anne14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryannebeloved and graceful; combination of Mary and Anne54 in the US (2017)
- Mariannbitter grace; a form of Marian18 in the US (2017)
- Maryan29 in the US (2017)
- Maeryn6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Marion, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
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